Usage of Properties

The following table describes the usage of properties (spatial attributes and styles) for elements of different types. If you access a property that is not supported, the exception with the error code GDB_E_INAPPROPRIATE_ELEMENT_TYPE is triggered.

X

Y

Width

Height

Angle

Vertexes

LineStyle

FillStyle

HatchStyle

MapSymbol

Bordered

DraftView

Polyline

+

+

+

+

-

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

Polygon

+

+

+

+

-

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

Rectangle

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

-

-

-

Ellipse

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

-

-

-

Circle

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

-

-

-

Map symbol

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

+

-

-

Text

+

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Raster

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

-

Theme

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

+

Legend

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

-

+

+

Scale

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

+

-

-

-

Chart

+

+

+

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

+

+

Table

+

+

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

+